FAST STARTS: The GREEN BAY PACKERS and the INDIANAPOLIS COLTS both faced opponents with 6-0 records or better for the second consecutive week in Week 9. Previously, only the 1934 Detroit Lions and 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers have played teams 6-0 or better in consecutive games.
The Colts, who played the 6-0 Panthers on Monday Night Football in Week 8, defeated Denver (7-1) 27-24 on Sunday, while the Packers, who faced the 6-0 Broncos in Week 8, lost to Carolina (8-0) 37-29.
The teams to face opponents with 6-0 records or better in consecutive weeks:
TEAM YEAR OPPONENT (RECORD) NEXT OPPONENT (RECORD)
Detroit Lions 1934 Chicago (11-0) Chicago (12-0)
Pittsburgh Steelers 2004 New England (6-0) Philadelphia (7-0)
Green Bay Packers 2015 Denver (6-0) Carolina (7-0)
Indianapolis Colts 2015 Carolina (6-0) Denver (7-0)
FANTASTIC FOLLOW-UP: New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES completed 28 of 39 passes (71.8 pct.) for 387 yards and three touchdowns in the Saints’ overtime loss to the Titans.
Brees, who threw for 505 yards and seven touchdowns against the New York Giants in Week 8, surpassed his own performance (349 yards in 2006) for the second-most passing yards following a 500-yard performance in NFL history.
The quarterbacks who have passed for 500 yards in a single game and had the most passing yards the following week:
QUARTERBACK TEAM YARDS OPPONENT DATE YARDS NEXT GAME OPPONENT DATE
Tom Brady New England 517 Miami 9/12/11 423 San Diego 9/18/11
Drew Brees New Orleans 505 NY Giants 11/1/15 387 Tennessee 11/8/15
Drew Brees New Orleans 510 Cincinnati 11/19/06 349 Atlanta 11/26/06
Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh 522 Indianapolis 10/26/14 340 Baltimore 11/2/14
Philip Rivers San Diego 503 Green Bay 10/18/15 336 Oakland 10/25/15
Matt Schaub Houston 527 Jacksonville 11/18/12 315 Detroit 11/22/12
Warren Moon Houston Oilers 527 Kansas City 12/16/90 288 Cincinnati 12/23/90
Eli Manning New York Giants 510 Tampa Bay 9/16/12 288 Carolina 9/20/12
Brees’ three touchdown passes on Sunday tied him with NICK FOLES (three) and Y.A. TITTLE (three) for the most touchdown passes following a seven touchdown performance in NFL History.
The quarterbacks who have passed for seven touchdowns in a single game and their next performance:
QUARTERBACK TEAM TDs OPPONENT DATE TDs NEXT GAME OPPONENT DATE
Drew Brees New Orleans 7 NY Giants 11/1/15 3 Tennessee 11/8/15
Nick Foles Philadelphia 7 Oakland 11/3/13 3 Green Bay 11/10/13
Y.A. Tittle New York Giants 7 Washington 10/28/62 3 St. Louis 11/4/62
Peyton Manning Denver 7 Baltimore 9/5/13 2 NY Giants 9/15/13
George Blanda Houston 7 NY Titans 11/19/61 1 Denver 11/26/61
Joe Kapp Minnesota 7 Baltimore 9/28/69 0 Green Bay 10/5/69
HOME SUCCESS: Pittsburgh quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER passed for 334 yards and two touchdowns in the Steelers’ 38-35 home victory against Oakland. Roethlisberger has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 35 consecutive home games, tying AARON RODGERS (35) for the fourth-longest streak of consecutive home games with at least one touchdown pass.
New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES, who threw three touchdowns in Week 9, extended his record streak to 51 consecutive games at home with at least one touchdown pass.
The players with the most consecutive home games with at least one touchdown pass:
PLAYER TEAM DATES CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES WITH AT LEAST ONE TOUCHDOWN PASS
Drew Brees New Orleans 10/18/2009-present 51*
Tom Brady New England 9/14/2009-12/14/2014 47
Dan Marino Miami 10/9/1983-11/14/1988 39
Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh 12/19/2010-present 35*
Aaron Rodgers Green Bay 10/5/2008-12/2/2012 35
Johnny Unitas Baltimore 12/23/1956-9/30/1962 34
* Active streak
WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON MNF: One more note to keep in mind for tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Bears and Chargers…
San Diego quarterback PHILIP RIVERS has passed for at least 300 yards and two touchdowns in five consecutive games.
With another performance of 300+ yards and two touchdowns against Chicago on Monday Night Football, Rivers would become the fourth player in NFL history to accomplish the feat in six straight games. DREW BREES (eight), PEYTON MANNING (seven) and Pro Football Hall of Famer STEVE YOUNG (six) are the only other quarterbacks to pass for 300 yards and two touchdowns in at least six consecutive games.
Rivers’ previous five starts:
WEEK OPPONENT COMP-ATT (PCT.) YARDS PASS TDs INTs RATING
4 Cleveland 23-38 (60.5) 358 3 0 118.1
5 Pittsburgh 35-48 (72.9) 365 2 1 99.7
6 at Green Bay 43-65 (66.2) 503 2 0 99.7
7 Oakland 38-58 (65.5) 336 3 2 83.7
8 at Baltimore 28-37 (75.7) 301 3 0 126.1
